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I’m going to need to see the declination memos from DoJ where they declined to prosecute the Epstein co-conspirators, and I’m gonna need to see them for every single person they declined to prosecute.

Andrew Feinberg: The Committee that oversees federal building projects sets date for first public hearing on Trump’s White House ballroom The National Capital Planning Commission has been stacked with allies of President Donald Trump

Not far enough, but it’s a good start. Let’s keep the momentum up 😂

Mike Nellis: Everyone should read this week’s WSJ story on Trump selling pardons. It’s some of the most corrupt shit I’ve ever seen—you can literally corner him at one of his lame parties and walk away with a pardon. How is this not the biggest story in the country?

President Trump has rejected the Catholic Church’s plea to pause deportation raids over the holidays, including those targeting Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Masses nationwide.

Scoop @MSNOWNews: The VA has quietly implemented its abortion ban for veterans. An internal directive sent Monday to regional VA leaders says they must comply w a DOJ memo issued last week banning abortion in cases of rape/incest & when the health of a pregnant person is at risk

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Parody!

Travel writer Rick Steves was at his home in Edmonds, Washington, when he learned a local community center for homeless residents was set to close. Within a few weeks, Steves bought it. “I really take ‘love your neighbor’ seriously,” he said.

US Senator Lindsay Graham on the question what happens if Putin does not stop the war: „If Putin says no, we need to dramatically change the game, including giving Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine to hit the drone and missile factories that exist in Russia. I will go all-in if Putin says no.“

Scott MacFarlane This Xmas, 2 police officers would like someone to finally hang the legally-mandated Jan 6th police honorary plaque at Capitol GOP Congressional leadership has defied March 2023 deadline to do so So officers Dan Hodges & Harry Dunn filed this yesterday:

Amber Speaks Up: TRIGGER WARNING NEW—from the latest file drop. A survivor’s account of being raped and kept in an underground cell surfaces. I know this is heavy. Stay with me.

Amber Speaks Up Epstein survivors have been clear about one thing: power and money didn’t just enable the trafficking and abuse — they neutralized oversight from all laws and rules of society. That pattern matters more than any single claim.

Amber Speaks Up: Epstein survivors said they were groped with a puppet of Andrew. The latest file drop confirms, once again, they were telling the truth.

Why did trunt give up on Stefanie for NY Governor/

Kurt Andersen: I already felt positively toward Democratic Senate candidate @grahamformaine . But listening to his conversation with David Remnick on the @NewYorker podcast has made me a very enthusiastic Graham Platner supporter. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Peter Jukes: So very interesting that in Alan Dershowitz’s deposition in January 2016, there were lots of questions about Clinton, but this volunteered answer about Trump (who was then running for president) was skipped over

Peter Baker - NYT Trump's friends-and-family approach to clemency has spawned a pardon-shopping industry where lobbyists say their going rate is $1 million and some have been offered success fees of as much as $6 million, report @rebeccaballhaus @jdawsey1 @cryanbarber

The White House has taken control of the U.S. Department of Justice’s official account on X, in an effort to temper and counter narratives related to the ongoing release of documents related to the case against convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to sources who spoke with Axios.

Trump Administration Live Updates: Justice Dept. Says It Has Found Over a Million More Epstein Documents, Delaying Release Proces

Kyle Cheney: Mark S Zaid Esq wins a preliminary injunction against the Trump administration, blocking the revocation of his security clearance. Judge Ali said it was an unconstitutional act of retribution.

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In the I'm Shocked column!

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So the @MeidasTouch lawyers find an Epstein file that mentions there are more than a million documents at SDNY. Today, Trump’s lawyers aka @TheJusticeDept announce they are “reviewing” them. Absolute clown show.

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Whoever made this decision wanted Epstein dead. WaPo: New files show "prison officials planned to house Epstein in a cell with Cesar Sayoc, a fanatical supporter of Trump’s who in 2019 was sentenced to 20 years in prison after he mailed explosive devices to prominent Democrats and media figures."

Our government works exclusively to protect this guy & he's dead!

Derek Guy: Jim Beam, the largest American bourbon distiller, is closings it flagship facility next year. This follows a string of distillery closures after more than two decades of rapid economic growth in the industry. Analysts say it's linked to trade wars and tariffs.

Donald Trump Announces Plan To Fight Future Wars Using Strategy From 1944 Each battleship will cost a modest $10 billion. Pentagon officials confirmed the ship can be destroyed by a $10 000 drone torpedo operated by a teenager with a gaming laptop and decent WiFi.

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Maine: The DOJ has deleted 3 files after publicly releasing the Vol 8 of the Epstein Archive yesterday One of the files is about the guard who is said to have fallen asleep the night Epstein died. Why did the DOJ delete them?

Rep. Ted Lieu: This document in the Epstein Files is highly disturbing.

Keith Edwards: More Epstein files were uploaded and accidentally leaked. In one email an Asst U.S. Attorney writes in 2020: "Donald Trump traveled on Epstein's private jet many more times than previously has been reported...including during the period we would expect to charge in a Maxwell

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Lady Marmalade: If you search trumps name in the documents it doesn’t appear. If you add a space at the end, he appears over 600 times

Scott MacFarlane: New statement from Epstein survivor Maria Farmer -- "We now all know that the FBI ignored my 1996 reports of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell’s sexual abuse of minors and possession of (child abuse material) which I made - not for myself - but for vulnerable girls like my

Joyce Alene SCOTUS tells Trump no on deployment of Illinois Nat’l Guard, finding a valid exception to the Posse Comitatus Act doesn’t exist. Huge loss for the Trump Administration.